How to request an EAP biosimilar exemption — and autofill it with my-id.ca
Request an EAP biosimilar exemption — fill the patient section fast
An EAP biosimilar exemption request has a patient section and a physician section. This guide is an example of storing the patient details in my-id.ca so the patient section fills quickly before the physician adds their clinical justification.
Official form and source
Start from the official source and always use the current version — form numbers and links can change:
- Service page: Get coverage for prescription drugs — ontario.ca
- Form (Central Forms Repository): EAP Biosimilar Exemption Request — on00521
What this form is about
When a patient is currently on a biologic therapy and the Ontario Drug Benefit program mandates a switch to a biosimilar, a physician can apply for an exemption on clinical grounds. The patient section identifies the individual; the physician provides the clinical justification for the exemption.
Before you start: what to gather (patient section)
- The patient's name and Ontario health number.
- The prescribing physician to complete the clinical exemption section.
How my-id.ca makes it faster
- Store the patient details once. Save the name and health number in my-id.ca.
- Autofill the patient section. Use the my-id.ca Chrome extension on a web form, or fill a PDF from the saved profile inside my-id.ca.
- Physician completes the exemption rationale.
- Submit to the EAP.
Why do it in my-id.ca
The same patient identity details appear on every EAP request — biosimilar exemptions, drug-specific requests, and renewals. Stored once in my-id.ca — in Canada, with self-hosted AI — the patient section fills itself each time.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the EAP biosimilar exemption request ask for?
- The patient's name and Ontario health number, plus clinical justification from the prescribing physician explaining why the patient should not be switched to a biosimilar. my-id.ca stores the patient details for autofill.
- Who completes the physician section?
- The prescribing physician provides the clinical rationale. my-id.ca only autofills the patient details.
- Where is it submitted?
- To the Ministry of Health's Exceptional Access Program. Confirm the current process on ontario.ca.
Fill it once. Reuse it everywhere.
Save your information in my-id.ca once, then autofill this form and the next one — web forms with the Chrome extension, PDFs right in the app. Your data is stored in Canada and AI runs on my-id.ca's own servers, never sent to third-party AI providers.